Inquiry: The Journal of the Virginia Community Colleges
Abstract
Contemporary concerns for college programs focus on the ability of the program to prepare students to become employable upon graduation. For a community college psychology program, that focus is somewhat muted by the fact that many of the graduates of the community college will transfer to four-year state universities. For this reason, it is imperative for the community college programs to ascertain from those four-year institutions what preparation those transferring students need. This study has captured what fourteen state public university psychology departments desire for transferring students and what they see as lacking in their students transferring from community colleges. The responding department chairs strongly cited basic scholarship skills, a stronger orientation toward critical and scientific thinking, and a professional and career focus in the transferring students.
Recommended Citation
Smith, P. K. (2018). Needs and Best Practices for Transfer to Our Four-year Institutions: The Results of Survey Research. Inquiry: The Journal of the Virginia Community Colleges, 21 (1). Retrieved from https://commons.vccs.edu/inquiry/vol21/iss1/6